China Glaze Halloween 2014 - Apocalypse Of Color Swatch

Today is swatch day! Today I have 4 polishes from the China Glaze Apocalypse Of Color collection, which is their Halloween collection for 2014.

There are actually 6 polishes in this collection including China Glaze Ghoulish Glow which shows up in every Halloween collection so I'm not going to swatch that since there's about few million swatches out there already. The other polish which I'm missing is actually China Glaze But Of Corpse - the green in the collection. Apparently this polish didnt reach Singapore for some reason, so I couldnt get my hands on this one! :(

First swatch is China Glaze I Love Your Guts

China Glaze I Love Your Guts is a red polish filled with tiny black glitters that dries to a matte satin finish.

The formula for this polish is really tricky because the polish itself is actually very smooth but it dries so quickly that it practically clumps up as you apply. You have to work really really fast with this polish.

I applied a coat of top coat over China Glaze I Love Your Guts and it becomes a very pretty strawberry pink shade.

I think you can go without top coat for Halloween, and then go with top coat for Christmas. That will probably be the best way to wear this polish. :)

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China Glaze Getting To Gnaw You 

China Glaze Getting To Gnaw You is a very dark brown polish base filled with copper glitters.

Application is great for this polish, nothing exceptional from the usual China Glaze glitters. The glitters do look reddish in some angle, but they are definitely copper.

An appropriate Halloween color I guess. I dont feel anything for this polish to be honest.

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China Glaze Don't Let The Dead Bite

Don't Let The Dead Bite is a sheer nude pink polish base filled with multi shaped & sized red glitters.

This is definitely my favourite polish out of these 4! The nude base blends in really well with my skin tone and the polish itself reminds me of undead zombies.. haha

A really creative polish from China Glaze!

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China Glaze Rest In Pieces

China Glaze Rest In Pieces is a mix of gold, copper & holographic multi shaped glitters in a clear base.

To be honest, China Glaze Rest In Pieces looks really out of place in the Halloween collection. It's so bright & cheerful, it should really belong in the Christmas collection instead. -.-"

But nevertheless, a very beautiful mix of glitters in this polish. I really like it on it's own with a thick coat of top coat! :)

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So here it is! My swatches for the China Glaze Apocalypse Of Color collection. What are your thoughts?

For readers in Singapore & Malaysia, the China Glaze Apocalypse Of Color collection is now available for sale at PolishAlley.com

My Halloween 2013 nails!

Happy Halloween! I decided to do a set of pumpkin Halloween nails this year because it's simple and fuss free. LOL.. I'm becoming lazy.

I kind of ran out of pumpkin facial designs to do thus I added in a spider and a black cat as well.

Hope you guys like my Halloween nails this year!

Polishes Used

OPI In My Back Pocket

Swatch: China Glaze Halloween 2013 - Monster Ball collection

Okay! I'm finally done! Swatches of the China Glaze Monster Ball collection!

China Glaze's Halloween collection for 2013 is a glittery one and I must say some of them are really gorgeous!

Boring ones first.. First up is a textured polish - China Glaze Bump In The Night

Bump In The Night is a pure jet black textured polish similar to the ones previously released by China Glaze except that instead of drying matte, it's this shiny wet tar road looking finish.

Not my type of polish, but I know some of you are crazy over textured polishes. I still prefer the OPI glittery sands. :)

Next is China Glaze Boo-gie Down

I thought I would like China Glaze Boo-gie Down, but it ended abit meh for me.. China Glaze Boo-gie Down is filled with small, medium & large black hex glitters, some white hex & larger copper gold hex glitters and some black bar glitter in a clear base.

This polish reminds me alot of the Glitz collection. I think it could well be a Halloween glitz special. I used OPI Miso Happy With This Color as base and topped with one coat of China Glaze Boo-die Down.

China Glaze Bat My Eyes

China Glaze Bat My Eyes is a black jelly base polish filled with small gold hex glitters and some not very obvious gold bar glitters. The amount of glitters in this polish makes it a little thick but still manageable in terms of application.

I dont think this polish can be used as a topper.. Putting aside that it has a black jelly base, it's also much too thick.. I have two coats on in the photos.

In the day time.. Sorry for the chip over there. I think I actually do quite like this. :)

Bottle shot! really gorgeous right?!

Next up! China Glaze Howl You Doin'

I have mixed feelings about this one.. but looking at it long enough.. I think my decision is.. I like it. LOL

China Glaze Howl You Doin' is a dark purple jelly base polish filled with burple & fuchsia micro glitters and some larger irregular shaped orange glitters.

Does this polish look really familiar to you? Because I think it's really a copycat of OPI Merry Midnight & Orly Fowl Play.. but switching the flakies for glitters!

I'll do a quick comparison with both polishes when I got time!

Bottle shot! Does this convince you?

Last and my favourite! China Glaze Fang-Tastic!

China Glaze Fang-tastic is filled with small green, pink & purple hex glitters + some larger blue hex glitters in a clear base. I have one coat of China Glaze Fang-tastic over OPI My Vampire Is Buff in the photos.

Okay, I know my photos suck in showing how gorgeous this polish is.. but I'm really in love!!

Look at the bottle! You know what I mean? I'll snatch this up if I were you!

That's all for today! I think I have the China Glaze Horizon collection coming soon. So many swatching to do!!

BTW to all my Singapore readers, the China Glaze Monster Ball collection is now available for sale at http://PolishAlley.com

Preview: China Glaze Halloween 2013 - Monster Ball collection

My nail polish haul today!!

I have to tell you, the glitters in this collection look really gorgeous! Swatches coming soon!

From left to right:

China Glaze Howl You Doin'

China Glaze Fang-tastic

China Glaze Boo-gie Down

China Glaze Bat My Eyes

China Glaze Bump In The Night

Halloween Challenge Oct 1 - Horror Movie

I have mentioned this briefly in my previous post, I am going to take up challenge together with some of the PLOP girls this Halloween!

Hopefully I will be able to complete this challenge in time this time as some of  you may remember, I actually took more than 2 months to complete the 31 days challenge previously!

Now I present you... The Halloween Nail Art Challenge!

The first challenge is for Horror Movies so I did.. Frankenstein Nails!

To give my Frankensteins an identity for themselves and differentiate them from all the Frankensteins out there, I gave them all their own facial expressions and hairstyle. Isn't it cute? :)

My favourite out of them would be the geek middle parting guy on my ring finger.. Haha.. Which one do you like?

Frankly speaking, I am not looking forward to the next challenge - water marble. I suck at it and I think it's a real waste of precious polish. I might play cheat a little.. I dont know yet.. Stay tuned!

Polishes Used:
OPI Did It On 'Em

Black Kitty!

Wah! Am I on a Halloween nails marathon? LOL

Today's manicure is inspired by a few kitty manicure posts I saw on Pinterest - which I combined into today's mani! How do you like it?

Speaking of Halloween manicures, I might be taking up a challenge throughout October to create a series of Halloween inspired nails. Hope you would look forward to it as much as I do! :)

Polish Used:
OPI Dulce De Leche
Wet N Wild Black Creme

Swatch: China Glaze Glitter Goblin

Today I have the glitter polish - Glitter Goblin from China Glaze's 2012 Wicked Collection!

Glitter Goblin is filled with small copper hex glitter mixed with some holographic glitter in a clear base!

The application for this polish is very sheer initially, I was hardly able to get much glitters on the brush. However as the clear polish becomes gloppy after a while, it actually became much easier to apply. I dont know if it's good or bad news. -.-"

This is 3 coats of the glitter polish!

(Left) One Coats, (Right) Two Coats

A close up of the glitter!

I guess this polish is okay, quite pretty but not a must have. However, I just cant resist limited edition + glitter so I have to get it! :)

What do you think? Will you be getting this?